Species Tucetona laticostata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pectunculus laticostata Quoy, J.M.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1835. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu 954 pp., atlas, 107 pls. [pl. 77, figs 1-6].
• Glycymeris magnificens Iredale, T. 1929. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157-189, pls 38-41 [161, pl. 38, fis 1, 2].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [154, text fig.; 583] (Huber also lists the additional synonyms Petunculus ovatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 [not King & Broderip, 1832]; Petunculus roseus Reeve, 1843)

 

Generic Combinations

• Tucetona laticostata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 3, fig. 18]
• Glycymeris laticostata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835). —
  Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [252]
• Grandaxinaea magnificens (Iredale, 1929). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [9]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Only shells known. New Zealand taxon

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 219 m (deepest record in the Australian Museum Sydney collection)

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [251-252] (as Grandaxinaea magnificans)

Harris, G.F. 1897. Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. London : British Museum of Natural History Part 1 407 pp., 8 pls. [341-342]

Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [154, text fig.; 583]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [9]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 3, fig. 18] (illustration, description, distribution, habitat)

McCoy, F. 1874. Podromus of the Palaentology of Victoria; or figures and descriptions of Victorian Organic Realms. London : John Ferres, Government Printer Vol 1. 43 pp., 10 pls. [26, pl. 19, figs 10-14] (illustration, description, fossil distribution)

Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pectunculus. pls 1-9 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [pl. 2, fig. 8] (illustration, description, locality)

 

Common Name References

Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pectunculus. pls 1-9 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [species 8] (The Broad-Ribbed Pectunculus)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
29-Jan-2013		29-Jan-2013	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
01-Oct-2010		01-Oct-2010	MOVED
		30-Sep-2010	MODIFIED